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Back in 2009, a small traditional press picked up my standalone noir novel, The Take, and published it. It was my first time, so you can imagine I was pretty stoked. I was going to be published! You get the idea. Well, reality soon set in. I hated the cover, I was forced to make some […]

For all those of you who attended last year’s Bouchercon, or if you plan on going this year, you should’ve received your Anthony ballots by now. There’s a little category on there for “Best First Novel,” encompassing those first novels published in 2010. There’s space for you to write in five novels. Now, I know […]

Here’s a blurb forÂ The Take,Â which appears on the back cover of the just-released print edition. It’sÂ from the high priestess of noir, Vicki Hendricks: Dennis writes true noir. The Take is a fast-motion train wreck from page one, twisting the reader’s heart for the desperate souls on a ride they never chose. I consider this to […]

Here’s a blurb for The Take, which appears on the back cover of the just-released print edition. It’sÂ from the high priestess of noir, Vicki Hendricks: Dennis writes true noir. The Take is a fast-motion train wreck from page one, twisting the reader’s heart for the desperate souls on a ride they never chose. I consider […]

FLORIDA GOTHIC STORIES by Vicki Hendricks Review by Mike Dennis You really have to hand it to Vicki Hendricks. I mean, there are damn few authors out there who would even be willing to consider short story subjects such as Siamese twins or bestiality. Fewer still would ever actually attempt such stories, and I daresay […]

Covers. Every author’s favorite subject. Especially when the cover design for his/her novel is imminent. I would imagine that during this uncertain period, more Tums are consumed per capita among crime fiction authors than at any other time. And for good reason. Covers are the source of great anxiety. Will it be dynamite? Will it […]